PETER SIMPLE'S POSERS

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 168, 18 July 1942, Page 4

PETER SIMPLE'S POSERS

(Answers on Page 8)

1. Sodium chloride is the chemical name of (a) baking soda; (b) washing soda; (c) common salt; (d) scda water?

2. Airmen in Iceland are reported to be learning a pastime new to most of them. Is it (a) ice hockey; (b) chestnut roasting; (c) sleighing; (d) skiing? 3. "Frau" is the German equivalent of our "Mrs." It is pronounced (a) fror; (b) fro; (c) Vrow? 4. The word "elaphine" means (a) like an elephant; (d) like an elf; (c) resembling the red deer? 1

5. The heath pea is a plant used in Scotland (a) to flavour whisky; (b) to make porridge; (c) in weaving tartans?

. 6. "Theism" means (a) the habit of beginning sentences with the word "the"; (b) a morbid condition resulting from excessive use of tea; (c) a fondness for using words ending in "ism"; (d) belief in the existence of a God?

7. Would the quadrennial anniversary of an event occur (a) every three months; (b) every four years; (c) every 400 years? 8. Sangri-La is a country described in (a) Marco Polo's diary; (b) a Michael Arlen novel; (c) a James Hilton novel; (d) The Arabian Nights' Entertainments?

9. Ran into an old school chum, and discovered he is now a funambulist, meaning (a) a rope walker; (b) a stage comedian; (c) a pigeon-toed person? 10. Professor J. B. S. Haldane was in the news the other day. Did he (a) invent a new bomb; (b) recommend a diet of grass cakes for soldiers; (c) apply for membership of the British Communist party?

11. As a war gesture, the "king" of the U.S.A.'s hoboes recently instructed his two million followers to (a) enlist in the army; (b) pay their fares on trains; (c) give up their life of leisure and start to work?

12. When told that the people lacked bread, a famous historical character is said to have remarked, "Let them eat cake." The person was (a) Ivan the Terrible: (b) Marie Antoinette: (c) Hitler?